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VF-1J Super Valkyrie

VF-1J Super Valkyrie (TV version)

Just announced! Kaiyodo adds Ichijo Hikaru’s VF-1J Super Valkyrie from the Super Dimension Fortress Macross TV series to its lineup of Revoltech action figures.

It won’t transform into fighter or GERWALK modes like those models from my childhood. But, those old toys didn’t have the articulation to be posed like this can.

I’m tempted to pick it up when it drops this September 15, but wonder if I should perhaps wait? Might a Roy Fokker “Skull One” version of the VF-1S Valkyrie or Ichijo Hikaru’s VF-1S Strike Valkyrie variant from the movie be in the works?

RX-78-2 Gundam “Ver. Ka”

RX-78-2 Gundam “Ver. Ka”

I don’t plan on putting my “otaku den” (as Andy calls it) on display, because I don’t have one. Pics of my toys will have to suffice. That’ll also give me opportunity to start playing with my new macro lens, which I’m sure will take me a while to learn how to use properly. Let’s start off with Gundam Fix Figuration #0026…